Gastone Gambara

Gastone Gambara (10 November 1890-27 February 1962) was the Chief of the General Staff of the Salo Republic during World War II.

Biography
Gastone Gambara was born on 10 November 1890 in Imola, Italy. Having fought in World War I, he was appointed Ettore Bastico's chief-of-staff, and in November 1938 he was given command of the Corpo Truppe Volontarie during the Spanish Civil War. At the start of World War II for Italy in June 1940, he led Italian troops in the invasion of southern France before serving in Libya and Yugoslavia, and when Italy joined the Allied Powers in September 1943, Gambara became the Chief of the General Staff of the Salo Republic's army under Chief of the Army Rodolfo Graziani. He died in 1962 at the age of 71 after the war.